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This video would be a follow-up to the video An Intro to Serious Philosophy - Top Advice for Philosophers. It could even become a video series. The idea is to deconstruct academic philosophy—the history, the methods, and everything. This would close the loop of the Deconstructing Rationalism series, which was more focused on science, but doesn’t touch on the limitations of academic philosophy as much. Of course, the two disciplines are related, especially in modern times where analytic philosophy is prevalent, but they aren’t identical. This video would be important because there are basically three knowledge sources humans flock to: religion, science, and philosophy. There is already a lot of content explaining what is wrong with religion. The series Deconstructing the Myth of Science and Deconstructing Rationality do the job of showing the limitations of science. But philosophy gets little coverage on the channel, which is surprising because it’s probably considered the most legitimate source of knowledge by serious intellectually-minded people. A new philosophy video or series would fix that gap in actualized.org content. The goal would be to show that actualized.org is a better body of “knowledge” (whatever that means) than academic philosophy. This could include going through the most famous philosophers of all time (such as Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Kant, Hume, Camus, Nietzsche, etc.) and explaining what they get right and where they go wrong. Then there could also be a portion explaining the different philosophical schools of thought that exist in the modern day and where they each go wrong. This could include going over the continental/analytic divide or delving into certain problems in the philosophical literature and explaining what the answer to the problem is or how it is misguided in some way. This video would be perfect for someone who is intellectual and deeply cares about truth, and doesn’t care about practical stuff, but wonders: “Why should I listen to actualized.org when there is a whole body of philosophical work I can draw from? Why should actualized.org be better?” @Leo Gura

So true! Especially when religious people do it. They actually think they’re conferring a blessing on you lol A normie says bless you the first time you sneeze. A religious person will keep saying bless you no matter how many times you sneeze.

Holding doors for people

I don’t see why reality has to be Absolute Good and not Absolute Neutral or Absolute Nothing. I know Leo also says this too, but why use the word good—which seems to indicate a good/bad dichotomy?

Graduation speeches

You can’t die because you aren’t alive. This thing that you think you are dies when the body dies, but you weren’t really that thing. Being alive (as a finite thing) is an illusion that can’t last forever. You’ll eventually be returned to Truth, which is what you ultimately are.

Seems like you’re making some good progress. You can reach a stage where you aren’t really affected by external events, only your internal state—which is largely under your control. Sadhguru talks about this a lot. It’s also in this video:

@Leo Gura contemplating this https://www.actualized.org/insights/you-invented-history I had the insight that time is change. And every change is imaginary because reality is absolute. So when you move your hand, the memory of moving that hand is imaginary, except for the fact that it’s occurring in your direct experience, because change never actually happens. Am I getting it?

I wrote this poem. I thought this forum might be one of the few places that actually gets it. Tell me what you think! ___________________________ Pure Unabashed Love Please know that the imperfections of this one are not the imperfections of this one They are only temporary scars to be removed and healed away. Please know, honey, that when. I beat you it is because. / I love you..\ Please know that I carried out all the beatings, hangings, rapes, lynchings, drawing and quarterings, of all times. For it is not mine to say it is not mine. / / < / / < / / Bow down before the father For he is the judge Who knows of himself no wrong But can only sit with tears Of love and recognition And I am the father, as you are too / / > / / > / They ask how I take identity with the beloved But do you know your own hand? In the same way I know him. I made you the main character So you could know the joys of progress. I meted out every drop of suffering onto your soul So your being could complete itself. . / / | | . / / | | Blood of my blood, love of my love You are a work of pure imagination Stupendous beauty of self-creation A madness looking within to dissolve in pure bliss

“Love is the realization that there is no difference between anything” - Leo Gura

What if you want to become a great mystic philosopher? Wouldn’t you want to start young then? With most things in life, the younger you start, the better your chances of excelling at the thing. Why should consciousness work be any different?

Being upset by the news

Having a dream job (unless it’s based on a life purpose)

Saying that Gen Alpha is stupid, doomed, or somehow worse than previous generations

Has anyone else finished the book yet?

Moving on to Part 2, the book is getting a lot better though.

I’ve been reading this book too. So far I have to say I’m not that impressed. There are many points where Ralston sounds like a materialist scientist, who doesn’t know science very well. The words “physical” and “objective” are used a lot. For example: “All perception, thought, and experience is indirect. This is just saying the perceptive-experience you have of something is not the same as the thing-itself.” “sight is a function of light bouncing off an object and you interpreting the light. This means the “data” gathered by the light stimulating nerves in the eye are funneled through interpretation and association to make sense of it.” But this could also be an issue of how language is used…

It’s a tricky dilemma, because if he watched many years ago, he may be after more basic self-help stuff. Maybe this one? Or some practical video along those lines.

WARNING: THIS IS SUBJECTIVE! I thought I would make a thread posting my favorite videos, but then I realized it would be much more useful for myself and others to make a sort of encyclopedia of actualized.org videos. The point is as follows: 1) To give newbies or people who haven’t watched everything a sense of where to focus 2) To highlight videos that I think might be underappreciated 3) Just for shits and gigs This “encyclopedia” has some biases. Mainly, it is subjective (everyone will have their unique preferences of videos). Also, it is focused on the truth-seeking, mystical, philosophical side of this work, so self help might be underrepresented… but that’s because the existential stuff is where the real juice lies. So here we go. Best Starting Point This is where I started, and it left me stunned. Although it’s not technically an actualized.org video, these interviews give you a solid sense of Leo’s “worldview,” at least as much as you will get without watching for hundreds of hours and contemplating yourself. That’s why this is the best starting place. Of course, this doesn’t give you much insight on personal development stuff, but I already stated that the list would not be focused on that domain. Foundational For these, I don’t have a particular order in mind; I just recommend to watch all of them. This should be done after the Curt Jaimungal interview. Obviously there are other foundational episodes, but I consider these to be most foundational. This clip is very profound and foundational: This your intro to actualized.org. You're welcome. There is much more of course, but this is probably the best, most condensed starting point. The Spirit of The Work Peter Ralston also uses this phrase. These videos distill the spirit of truth-seeking and self-actualization. The first one has more of a personal development angle, but still includes spirituality. The last two, which feel like they go together, are more directly about the truth-seeking process. Most Profound This next one is profound in an epistemic way Solipsism video (IYKYK) These videos are all absolutely mindblowing. Wouldn't recommend if you're mentally unstable, but otherwise they are like crack--a healthy version. Most Practical Surprisingly Good/Underrated This section might be insightful even for seasoned actualized.org veterans. When you realize society is gaslighting you out of unconsciousness... And this one is about how to be complete as God. And the most niche one here, only on the blog: https://www.actualized.org/insights/sherlock-holmes-brain This one ranks up there with Leo's best epistemology videos. Personal Favorite This video is just so profound. I suspect most people here don’t fully appreciate it. This is Leo explaining the absolute logic of Existence/God, basically everything that can be understood. You appreciate this even more if you’re familiar with the philosophical history of people making arguments for God, which all fail because they’re operating from a religious theistic understanding of God (where God is separate from the universe). Yet in this video, Leo creates proofs better than anything people have come up with in the history of thought—because the proofs are absolute. And the rant at the end is a lot of fun

How do you know this?

Okay, that's kind of what I thought. Speaking of which, you mentioned that combining rationality with mysticism is especially powerful. Do you consider them most powerful for building a worldview (if you can call it that) or for contemplating while in a high state of consciousness? Because most mystics would say that thinking is irrelevant and you have to just experience. And how does post-rationality/high stages of ego development/jailbreaking the mind play into this?

Thanks for the video Leo. I have a couple questions. The first one is more basic: What do you mean by rationality? Since advanced states of God-consciousness or alien consciousness are still rational, it obviously refers to something different than the normal sense of the word. I understand it as using your mind well- is that in the right ballpark?

I’m so excited to start watching… The first 2 episodes I learned a ridiculous amount

Did they say they were over 120? How do you know they were telling the truth? How do you know that these concepts of energy and vibration affecting aging are actually real?

I think I’ve done it. It comes down to personality and caring about truth.